Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
184, P. 113482 - 113482
Published: July 14, 2023
In
line
with
an
intensified
call
for
reducing
greenhouse
emissions
and
curbing
the
effects
of
climate
change,
scientists
experts
have
looked
to
information
communication
technology
(ICT)
digitization
as
critical
tools
more
efficient
use
production
energy.
Consequently,
research
on
ICT/digitization
their
impact
environmental
sustainability
has
witnessed
exponential
growth
in
last
few
decades.
This
study
provides
a
systematic
review
relationship
between
over
period
from
January
2000
April
2022.
It
aimed
improve
our
understanding
different
theories
channels
governing
ICT/digitization–environmental
nexus,
provide
in-depth
analysis
discussion
trends
main
empirical
findings
reviewed
articles,
highlight
key
avenues
future
research.
total,
166
scientific
articles
examining
297
associations
were
selected
this
review.
The
results
revealed
that
most
studies
used
measures
based
change
air
pollution
sustainability,
traditional
measures,
e.g.,
mobile
phone
subscriptions
internet
users.
also
showed
although
found
evidence
improving
negative
association
is
concentrated
'Group
of'
countries.
scarcity
investigating
nonlinear
relationships
sustainability.
Geoscience Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 101644 - 101644
Published: June 5, 2023
Considering
that
previous
literature
has
mainly
focused
on
the
impact
of
digital
economy
(DE)
environmental
degradation,
ignoring
role
natural
resources,
this
study
uses
two
key
factors
(natural
resource
rent
and
anticorruption
regulation)
as
threshold
variables
to
reveal
effect
resources
association
between
DE
carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
emissions.
In
doing
so,
covers
97
countries,
annual
data
2003
2019,
applies
a
panel
model.
The
outcomes
present
influence
CO2
emissions
single-threshold
(i.e.,
there
is
an
inverted
U-shaped
link
emissions)
when
variable.
Specifically,
significantly
increases
at
low-to-medium
level,
but
suppresses
growth
exceeds
threshold.
Moreover,
drives
overall
regulation
variable
are
double
thresholds
for
its
rise
in
initially
exacerbates
contribution
then
weakens
it
over
time.
Based
results,
proposes
various
implications,
such
formulating
development
strategy,
considering
DE,
strengthening
anti-corruption
efforts
field
protection.
